Bread Cutlets

Preparation Time: 15 minutes.
Cooking Time: 15 minutes.
Makes 10 cutlets. 

Ingredients :

2 big bread slices
1 tsp roughly chopped ginger (adrak)
2 tsp roughly chopped garlic (lehsun)
1½ tsp roughly chopped green chillies
1 cup boiled and mashed potatoes
¼ cup finely chopped onions
¼ cup grated carrot
1 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)
Salt to taste
½ cup bread crumbs for rolling
4 tbsp oil

For serving
Green chutney
Tomato ketchup

Instruction

1. Combine the ginger, garlic and green chillies in a mortal pestle (khalbatta) and coarsely crush it. Keep aside.
2. Soak the bread slices in enough water in a deep bowl for 1 minute.
3. Squeeze out all the excess water from the bread slice, crumble them and place them in a deep bowl. 
4. Add the prepared paste, potatoes, onions, carrot, coriander and salt and mix very well. 
5. Divide the mixture into 10 equal portions.
6. Shape each portion into a ball and flatten it slightly to make a cutlet.
7. Roll them in the bread crumbs till they are coated from all the sides.
8. Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a broad non-stick pan, place 5 cutlets and cook on a medium flame till they turn golden brown in colour from both the sides.
9. Repeat step 8 to cook 5 more cutlets.
     Serve immediately with green chutney and tomato ketchup.